검은댕기해오라기

Korean

Etymology

From 검은 (geomeun, "black", adjective form of 검다) + 댕기 (daenggi, “ribbon”) + 해오라기 (hae'oragi, “heron”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kʌ̹mɯndɛŋɡiɦɛo̞ɾa̠ɡi] ~ [kʌ̹mɯnde̞ŋɡiɦe̞o̞ɾa̠ɡi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [거믄댕기해오라기/거믄뎅기헤오라기]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geomeundaenggihae'oragi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geom'eundaenggihae'olagi
McCune–Reischauer?kŏmŭndaenggihaeoragi
Yale Romanization?kem.untayngkihay.olaki

Noun
검은댕기해오라기

검은댕기해오라기 • (geomeundaenggihae'oragi)

  1. The striated heron, Butorides striatus.

References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-02), “검은댕기해오라기”, in 표준국어대사전‎
  • Lee, Woo-Shin; Tae-Hoe Koo, Jin-Young Park (tr. by Desmond Allen) (2002) A field guide to the birds of Korea, Seoul: LG Evergreen Foundation, →ISBN
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